title: Foreign body aspiration in an adult: the great mimic.
abstract: A middle-aged lady presented with a three-month history of chronic cough. After a long and extensive investigation, CT thorax revealed collapse consolidation of the right lower lung lobe and bronchoscopy showed a polypoidal tumour within the involved bronchus. Thoracotomy and segmental lung resection revealed a peanut in the airways of the fibrotic and infected lung tissue. In view of the rarity of the food particle aspiration in a healthy adult, the delay in presentation and diagnosis in our patient, we would like to highlight this particular case. A high index of suspicion of FBA is necessary to avoid unnecessary anxiety, extensive investigations and overzealous treatment as well as to promote lung conservation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Heart and Lung Centre, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ngoo
authors.forename: A R M
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ramzisham
authors.forename: O S M
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Joanna
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Zamrin
mesh_terms: D010367:Arachis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged